G
[Verse 1]
Em N.C.
Salute my sisters, salute my brothers
N.C.
Out on the front line for the politics of others
N.C.
Lord, bring them home, with their ammunitions full
N.C.
Lord, bring them home
[Verse 2]
Em G
Because when it's over, I'm not looking for rebirth
Em G
Just dress my bones up and lay them in the earth
C G
I need the rest
C G
Oh Lord, I need the rest
[Pre-chorus]
Am7 Bm7
And I'm just waiting for the bells to start a' tolling
C
Across the river where the water's overflowing
Am7 Bm7
Maybe the angels need to carry me in
C D
Kicking and screaming and clinging to my skin
[Chorus]
G A
And maybe life is like the autumn trees
D
And I'm just one of many very mortal leaves
G
Just praying to the fates that we survive the freeze
A
But there's at least a hundred reasons why
D
I should go to heaven when I die
G
So I'll just sit and patiently await my time
[Verse 3]
Em G
Oh, I can hear it, the song of huddled masses
Em G
Singing and yearning for better social classes
C G
And I don't know anything about it
C G
So I let it go
[Verse 3]
Em G
'Cause when it's over I'm not looking for rebirth
Em G
Just dress my bones up and lay them in the earth
C G
I need the rest
C G
Oh Lord, I need the rest
[Pre-chorus]
Am7 Bm7
And I'm just waiting for the bells to start a' tolling
C
Across the river where the water's overflowing
Am7 Bm7
Maybe the angels need to carry me in
C D
Kicking and screaming and clinging to my skin
[Chorus]
G A
And maybe life is like the autumn trees
D
And I'm just one of many very mortal leaves
G
Just praying to the fates that we survive the freeze
A
But there's at least a hundred reasons why
D
I should go to heaven when I die
C
So I'll just sit and patiently await my time
[Bridge]
Em C
Because no one really can explain the rest
Em C
What's gonna happen to us after death
B7 Em C
Can it really be the same for everybody?
Em C
And no one really can predict the rest
Em C
What's gonna happen to us after death
B7 Em
Can it really be the same for everybody?
Em
Everybody?
[Chorus]
G A
And maybe life is like the autumn trees
D
And I'm just one of many very mortal leaves
G
Just praying to the fates that we survive the freeze
A
But there's at least a hundred reasons why
D
I should go to heaven when I die
G
So I'll just sit and patiently await my time
